Branchline

Published
Jan 2000
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General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
384

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Winner of the James Tait Black Fiction PrizeFor 16-year-old Simon Crimmons there is not a lot to do. Going nowhere, fed up with school, he leaves to work as a driver on the trains. That summer he is introduced to a world of grown-up glamour, strikes and girlfriends. When Simon falls for the ethereal, aristocratic Varie, he finds freedom and adventure but will it be at a price Too posh for the railways, too working class for Varie, Simon must navigate what it means to be a man as his world is turned upside down.

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First Edition Jan 2000 Vintage (UK) ISBN 0099268760
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